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. (a) The commission shall provide not less than 10 percent of
the overall funds for installation of solar water heating systems on
low-income residential housing.
(b) The commission may establish a grant program or a revolving
loan or loan guarantee program for low-income residential housing
consistent with the requirements of Chapter 5.3 (commencing with
Section 25425) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code. All loans
outstanding as of August 1, 2018, shall continue to be repaid in a
manner that is consistent with the terms and conditions of the
program adopted and implemented by the commission pursuant to this
subdivision, until repaid in full.
(c) The commission may extend eligibility for funding pursuant to
this section to include residential housing occupied by ratepayers
participating in a commission approved and supervised gas corporation
Low-Income Energy Efficiency (LIEE) program and who either:
(1) Occupy a single-family home.
(2) Occupy at least 50 percent of all units in a multifamily
dwelling structure.
(d) The commission shall ensure that lower income households, as
defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and, if the
commission expands the program pursuant to subdivision (c),
ratepayers participating in a LIEE program, that receive gas service
at residential housing with a solar water heating system receiving
incentives pursuant to subdivision (a), benefit from the installation
of the solar water heating systems through reduced or lowered energy
costs.
(e) No later than January 1, 2010, the commission shall do all of
the following to implement the requirements of this section:
(1) Maximize incentives to properties that are committed to
continuously serving the needs of lower income households, as defined
in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, and, if the
commission expands the program pursuant to subdivision (c),
ratepayers participating in a LIEE program.
(2) Establish conditions on the installation of solar water
heating systems that ensure properties on which solar water heating
systems are installed under subdivision (a) remain low-income
residential properties for at least 10 years from the time of
installation, including property ownership restrictions and income
rental protections, and appropriate enforcement of these conditions.
(f) All moneys set aside for the purpose of funding the
installation of solar water heating systems on low-income residential
housing that are unexpended and unencumbered on August 1, 2018, and
all moneys thereafter repaid pursuant to subdivision (b), except to
the extent that those moneys are encumbered pursuant to this section,
shall be utilized to augment cost-effective energy efficiency
measures in low-income residential housing that benefit ratepayers.